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Includes online maps, links to map collections, flags, climate, weather, natural resources. For information about maps and other geographical resources at the Library of Congress, consult its Geography and Map Reading Room site.
CNN Weather.com (http://weather.cnn.com/weather/forecast.jsp)
From "Find Weather Around the World" -- select Europe, then Belgium, and search on a variety of cities.
Directory of Cities, Towns,
and Regions in Belgium (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/BE/)
Links to provinces, cities, and towns. Gives latitude/longitude, elevation, population, and meteorological information.
Getty
Thesaurus of Geographical Names (http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting%5Fresearch/vocabularies/tgn/index.html)
A structured, world-coverage vocabulary of 1.3 million names, including vernacular and historical names, coordinates, place types, and descriptive notes, that focuses on places important for the study of art and architecture. The TGN includes administrative political entities (e.g., cities, nations) and physical features (e.g., mountains, rivers). A search on Belgium yields more than 700 records.
National Geographic (http://www.nationalgeographic.com)
Search on Belgium.
World Climate (http://www.worldclimate.com)
Provides a range of climate data in an easy-to-use form. Climate data are historical weather averages--showing what the weather was typically like each month, averaged over a range of years. Search by city or town. Spellings of place names follow the standard used in the country of origin when the data were collected.
Maps
Belgium Map (http://belgium.map-vista.com)
Interactive map of Belgium--route planner, hotels, and more. From Map-Vista.com.
David Rumsey Map Collection (http://www.davidrumsey.com)
Provides current and historical maps worldwide, but primarily cartography of the Americas in the 18th and 19th centuries. From the home page, go to "View the Collection," select a browser, and search by country.
Agriculture
Agris (http://www.agris.be/agris.html)
Provides headlines, food processing, meteorological information, and more. In Dutch and French, some English.
Federaal Agentschap voor de Veiligheid van de
Voedselketen (http://www.afsca.be)
Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (Food Agency). Includes links to press releases and publications, committees, food law, business sector, consumers, history of the agency, related sites, and more. In Dutch and French, some English and German.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. National
Agricultural Library (http://www.nal.usda.gov)
Links to the online catalog (AGRICOLA) of the library's holdings of books, periodicals, and other materials; and its article-based, subject-indexed database of agricultural journals worldwide from 1971 to the present. Search individually or simultaneously on Belgium.
Natural Resources
USGS
Minerals Information. Europe and Central Asia. Belgium (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/europe.html#bo)
The United States Geological Survey provides annual report on Belgium's mineral industries beginning in 1994.
Environment
EarthTrends (http://earthtrends.wri.org)
Searchable environmental information portal for researching global topics such as water resources, climate and atmosphere, population and health, energy resources, and agriculture and food. Search the database, display data tables, view country profiles, or select maps with global, regional, and country-level environmental information.
Environment News Service (ENS) (http://ens-news.com)
Full-text, keyword-searchable articles on environmental news worldwide.
Federale Overheidsdienst Volksgezondheid,
Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu (https://portal.health.fgov.be)
Federal Public Service Ministry of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment. Includes information the environment, plans and animals, health, food safety, news and archives, related links and more. In Dutch and French, some German and English.
Inter-Environnement Wallonie - IEW (http://www.iewonline.be)
The Federation of Environmental Associations Active in Wallonia. Searchable. In French.
Portail Environnement de Wallonie (http://environnement.wallonie.be)
Environmental Portal of Wallonia. Searchable. In French.
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